Erik Sandin

Erik "Smelly" Sandin (born July 29, 1966), is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the punk rock band NOFX, and former member of punk rock band Caustic Cause. He was a founding member of NOFX when they formed in Hollywood, California, in 1983, and has been with the band for a majority of their run until their retirement in 2024.

Sandin's primary drumming style has consistently fallen within the characteristics of skate punk rock, indicating an energetic, fast paced way of playing. Outside of NOFX, Sandin has been running his own surfboard shaping business, Pickle Stix, since 2020.

The other members of NOFX did not address the matter until Sandin's drug use began affecting the band and their workflow. Before the recording of the 1992 album White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean, NOFX frontman Fat Mike gave Sandin an ultimatum. He had to quit heroin or be replaced. After realizing that NOFX was the most important thing in his life and with assistance of Brett Gurewitz and Lynn Strait, Sandin entered rehab at The Ranch in Desert Hot Springs, California for treatment of heroin addiction. Sandin has not used the drug since.

Sandin began shaping surfboards in 2008, which spurred out of a desire to contribute to surfing's art form, similar to his desire to contribute to music's art form. The second board he ever shaped was finished with a shade of green reminiscent of a pickle. Sandin's friend, Curly, began calling it his pickle stick, hence the title Sandin would eventually decide upon for the business.

Before the establishment of Pickle Stix, Sandin claims to have shaped a couple hundred boards in his free time for the purpose of riding some himself, selling on craigslist, and gifting to friends.

Equipment Since 1992, Sandin has frequented the Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple Kit as his drum kit of choice, in which he prefers a 22" x 18" kick drum, 14" x 6" snare drum, 12" rack tom, and 16" floor tom. Regarding snare drums, Sandin specifically frequents the AMS1460 and RRS1455.

Sandin has also been known to play Yamaha's Stage Custom Birch drum kit.

Aliases Erik Ghint (Arrogant) - White Trash, Two Heebs And A Bean Erik Shun (Erection) - S&M Airlines Groggy Nodbeggar - Ribbed Chris Telmeth (Crystal meth) Herb Reath Stinks (Her breath stinks) - Punk in Drublic Seymour Butts (See more butts) - The Longest Line EP Smelly - So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes, The War on Errorism, Coaster

Albums with NOFX 1988 Liberal Animation 1989 S&M Airlines 1991 Ribbed 1992 The Longest Line 1992 Maximum Rocknroll 1992 White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean 1994 Punk in Drublic 1995 I Heard They Suck Live!! 1996 Heavy Petting Zoo 1997 So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes 1999 The Decline 2000 Pump Up the Valuum 2002 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records 2003 The War on Errorism 2006 Wolves in Wolves' Clothing 2007 They've Actually Gotten Worse Live! 2009 Coaster 2009 Cokie the Clown 2011 NOFX 2012 Self Entitled 2016 First Ditch Effort 2021 Single Album 2022 Double Album